Q: Why do I see red 'x's instead of my images or an 'oops this picture is no longer here' message, on a forum that I posted them on?

A: First, check our Blog to see if there is maintenance or upgrades currently happening. If not, then this is likely happening because you have either moved the image in your album to a different sub album, or deleted it from your album. Doing so will break any links, and the image will no longer work. Some users with Firefox/Mozilla browsers also have problems, depending on what extensions they have installed. There is additional information on Firefox settings in a post in our 'News, Terms of Use, and FAQ' forum.

# Firewalls, browser security settings, and anti-virus software must allow photobucket.com and should be set at ”medium”.# Check your firewall, modem, and router settings to ensure that photobucket.com is not in a list of blocked or restricted sites. See the help provided with each of these products for assistance navigating their settings# Some Internet security software packages attempt to identify and block advertisements by looking at the source URL and size of images. This can sometimes result in your images being inadvertently blocked. See the help provided with your Internet security software for details on the ad blocking tools provided.# Some firewalls or security software block any file that has the word ”banner” in the path. Do not use the word ”banner” in sub-album names or content file names.

If you're using the new version... IE7, you may have some issues. I'm an administrator on another forum & several users have recently upgraded to IE7 & are having problems. I use Firefox but have IE7 on my laptop & some images don't load.

This forum does seem to take longer for the pages to load compared to other forums, & that's experimenting with different browsers & ADSL2.